Dice: IT Recruiting Not Quite So Frenetic

The Labor Department issued a report Friday showing job growth continues to disappoint, though we know the tech employment market is much better than that of the economy overall. There was little new in the numbers: declines in jobs in computer and electronics manufacturing and telecommunications, growth in professional and business services. The overall unemployment rate fell to 9 percent, from 9.1 percent last month.

The latest Dice report, meanwhile, reports that tech recruiting isn't as frenetic as it was earlier in the year. In fact, the Dice job count has plateaued for five months. (Full disclosure: I blog for Dice, too.)

Resumes viewed on Dice are at an all-time high and the unemployment rate of 4.6 percent for tech professionals [according to Friday's Labor numbers] is below the national average. Recruiters and hiring managers remain active, but at a slightly slower pace. Overall tech is the place to be and we expect technology to be a priority when companies compile next year's initiatives.

It makes sense that the projects, with associated hiring, begun earlier in the budget year are well under way, with new ones awaiting approval for the new year.